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Museum number:: 2-72101a,b
Culture or time period:: Inuit
Object class:: Baskets (containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: Basket (a)— circumference 99 centimeters, Basket (a)— height 28 centimeters, and Lid (b)— diameter 23 centimeters
Collector:: Robert E. Shore
Collection place:: Bethel, Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Collection date:: 1973-1974

Museum number:: 2-6793
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings, 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies, and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 64 centimeters, height 33.5 centimeters, and width 42 centimeters
Collector:: Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:: Western Alaska
Collection date:: 1890-1891

Museum number:: 2-4565
Culture or time period:: Aleut
Object class:: Kayaks and Models (concepts)
Function:: 1.4 Transportation, 1.5 Household, and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 51.5 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Unalaska, Unalaska Island, Fox Islands
Collection date:: 1898

Museum number:: 2-6695
Culture or time period:: Kodiak Eskimo
Object class:: Parkas
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: across sleeves— width 134 centimeters, measurements for storage— length 122 centimeters, neck to hem— length 124 centimeters, and measurements for storage— width 127 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Southwest Coast, Alaska
Collection date:: unknown
Taxon:: Phalacrocorax auritus, Rangifer tarandus, and Rangifer tarandus caribou

Museum number:: 2-5813
Culture or time period:: Alutiiq and Kodiak Eskimo
Object class:: Pouches
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 21 centimeters and width 18 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: unknown

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